Improvement in needles for caning chairs



UNITED STATES PATENT OFFICE..

MARY E. HURLEY, OF BALTIMORE, MARYLAND.

IMPROVEMENT IN NEEDLES FOR CANING CHAIRS.

Speciteation forming part of Letters Patent No. 56,421, dated July 17,1866.

To all whom it' may' concern:

Be it known that I, MARY E. HURLEY, of the city and county of Baltimore,in the State ot' Maryland, have invented a new and Improved Needle forCaning Chairs; and I do hereby declare that the following is a full andexact description thereof', reference being had to the accompanyingdrawings, forming apart of this specification.

The nature of my invention consists in hav ing an eye in the front orbent end ofthe needle, through which to insert the strip of cane usedfor making the seats of chairs or for other similar pnrposes,the objectbeing to greatly facilitate and cheapen the labor ot' such work.

To enable others skilled in the art to make and use my invention, I willproceed to describe its construction.

In the dra-wings, Figure 1 represents a side view of my needle; Fig. aside or perspective View ot' lthe same, showing the eye in the bentforward part. Fig. 3 shows the old 0r connuonly-used needle. This latteris lnerely used as an opener and guide, the cane being inserted andguided in making the meshes by the hand and fingers. This is tedious andlaborious.

In using my needle, by means of its eye, and inserting the cane throughit beforehand, while pushing (or pulling) it through the partlywovenseat, (as you would the old needle) you are at the same time carryingthe cane with it, completing the operation, as it were, at once, and allweaving of the cane by the lingers is thus dispensed with, time andexpense saved, requiring little if any more labor than that of insertingthe old bent-pointed needle rwithout the eye, which is not even half theold process.-

It is not absolutely necessary that the front end of the needle shouldbe bent.

The eye of my tool (instrument or needle) is indicated in Figs. l and 2by a red arrow.

In the drawings, A represents the tool or needle, B its handle, a thefront end of tool, and b the eye through the same in which the cane isinserted, the arrow and b indicating the same opening.

Having thus described my invention, what I claim as new, and desire tosecure by Letters Patent of the United States, is

A needle, A, for caning chairs, having au eye, b, through the front end,a, constructed and operating substantially as shown and described,andt'or the purpose set forth.

MARY E. HURLEY.

Witnesses THos. HAuMELL, REUBEN A. MGCAULEY.

